Child&#39;s swing



J. A. EBERLE.

CHILDS swme. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 18. 920.

1,403, 75; 4 Patnted Jan. 17,1922.

UNITED STATES JOHN A. EBERLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CHILDS SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an, 17, 1922.

Application filed February 18, 1920. SerialNo. 359,676.-.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. EBERLE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Swings,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of thisspecification.

y invention relates to a childs swing intended more particularly for theuse of infants, the invention having for its object the production of aninexpensive swing which may be readily suspended at any desiredlocation, and which when not in use may be folded compactly so as tooccupy a very small space. One of the objects of the present inventionis to provide a swing comprising a pocket seat in which the child may beplaced, the supporting frame members of said pocket seat bein formed ofa single endless wire, and the back and sides of said frame membersagainst which the child rests when the swing is in use being shaped toconform to the contour of the childs body. Heretofore it has been thepractice in manufacturing swings of the class herein disclosed toconnect the ends of the wire frame members in such a manner as to causea protuberance at point of connection which would cause discomfort tothe occupant of the swing and would also cause the fabric forming theseat to wear throu h at that particular point. By the use of a singleendless wire I provide a perfectly smooth frame member which eliminatesthe foregoing objections.

Another object of my invention is to provide a swing of the classdescribed, the seat of which may be readily adjusted to any desireddistance from the floor.

Fig. I is a front elevation of my swing.

Fig. II is a side elevation.

Fig. III is a sectional plan Sl'10WlI1 one of my endless wire seat framemem rs in full lines.

Fig. IV is a section on line IVIV of Fi III.

ig. V is a fragmentary detail illustrating the adjusting device forregulating the distance of the seat of the swing from the floor.

In the drawings A designates the pocket of the seat of my swingpreferably made up of canvas or fabric of any other suitabledescription, and comprising a bottomweb .B, a straight front portion CVand curved side and back portions D. The front corners of the bottom webB haveforme'd here 1n a pair of openings B through which the legs of achild occupying the seat may extend. r

1 designates anupper frame member comprising a U-shaped portion 2 towhich the sides and back of the seat are secured, and

a straight front portion 3 connecting the. ends of the U-shaped portion,the front of the said seat pocket being secured to this straightportion. The walls of the pocket A are secured tothe frame member 1preferably by folding the material at the upper margins of the saidwalls over the frame andstitching the fold. i v

A lower frame memb'er .4, -which .is a counterpart of the frame member lexcept that it is of smaller dimensions, is secured to the walls of theseat at the bottom thereof in the same manner as the frame 1, i. e., byfolding the fabric over the frame and stitching the fold. The functionof the frame member 4 is to keep the lower portion of the seat in theproper shape and prevent undue distortion of the said seat when a childis placed therein. i

It is apparent that if this lower frame member 4 was not used, the seatA would sag downwardly with the weight of a child, thereby drawin thefabric of which said seat is formed tightly about the body of the child,resulting in a rather uncomfortable seat. Another disadvantage of pocketseat having nov lower frame member is that the seat proper is distortedby the weight of a child in the said seat, and the leg holes thereinwill likewise become misshapen and contracted so as to pinch the childslegs therein. By the use of a pair of upper and lower frame memberssecured to the fabric pocket as herein shown, I provide a seat the shapeof. which is maintained when the said seat is occupied, and'because thebot tom web B upon which the child is seated is securely anchored to therigid frame 4 at its outer margins, very little sag is possible, and thele holes in the said web will not be distortedIy the weight of thechild. 5 designates suspension straps secured to the frame 1 and whichlead upwardly to a spreader 6. The application of these straps to theframe 1 is permittedby slightly exposing the said frame through thematerial of the pocket A and the straps 5 are attached at points wherethe swing will be properly and substantially supported thereby. j

Upper suspension straps 7 secured to the sprea er 6 lead upwardl andpass through an eye formed in the anger 8. An adjusting member 9 securedto the upper end of the suspensionstrap 7 and provided with an aperture10 through which the said suspension strap 7 passes, serves to regulatethe distance of the pocket A from the floor. To adjust the pocket Aupwardly or downwardly it is necessary to bring the adjusting member 9to a position at right angles to the suspension straps 7, in thisposition the said adjusting member 9 may slide freely on the saidsuspension straps. When the adjusting member 9 has been placed at thedesired location, theweight of the swing a and its occupant will causethe said adjusting member to be drawn to a position approximately as isshown in 'Fig. V of the drawin in which osition the suspension strapswill be crimped b the gripping edges of the aperturelO 02 the adjustingmember 9, thereby preventing any movementof the said suspension strapsrelative to the said adjusting member.

I claim:

1. A childs swing having a flexible seat pocket, frame members securedto the upper and lower portions of said seat pocket, each of said framemembers comprising a single endless wire having a U-shaped side and rearportion and a straight front portion connectingthe ends of the U-shapedportion, and suspension means secured to the upper frame member.

2. A childs swing having a flexible seat pocket, upper and lower framemembers comprising sin le endless wires each having a U-shaped si e andrear portion and a straight front portion connecting the ends of theU-shaped portion, the front, sides, and back of the said seat pocketbeing secured at the upper margins thereof to said upper framemember,said seat pocket having a flat bottom web secured at its outermargins to said lower frame member, said flat bottom web being providedwith leg holes at the front corners of the lower frame member, andsuspension means secured to one of said frame members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature.

JOHN A. EBERLE.

